South African Essays on ‘Universal’ Shakespeare

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South African Essays on aUniversala Shakespeare collects new scholarship and extant (but previously unpublished) material, reflecting the changing nature of Shakespeare studies across various ageneration gapsa. Each essay, in exploring the nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space, is inflected by a South African connection. In some cases, this is simply because of the authoras nationality or institutional affiliation; in others, there is a direct engagement with what Shakespeare means, or has meant, in South Africa. By investigating the universality of Shakespeare from both implicitly and explicitly asoutherna perspectives, the book presents new possibilities for considering (and reassessing) shifting manifestations of Shakespeareas work in major Shakespearean acentresa such as Britain and the United States, as well as across the global North and South.... and not linguistic automata. i move now to two brief examples of how, in literary
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South African Essays on ‘Universal’ Shakespeare

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Dr Chris Thurman

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. - 2014-05-28

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